Posted on 07/22/2024 6:31:06 AM PDT by LisaFab
Secret Service failed to undertake critical security measures and deprived Donald Trump of ample protection ahead of the attempted assassination against the former president, new information disclosed by congressional members shows.
According to preliminary findings published Sunday by the office of Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., the Secret Service declined to participate in a security briefing provided to local sniper and SWAT teams the morning of Trump’s July 13 rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Led by the local emergency services division, the briefing reportedly “provided local law enforcement with images of the security perimeter at the rally — which did not include the American Glass Research (AGR) building where the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was located — the location of law enforcement agents, and a breakdown of security sectors on the farm show grounds.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
Bipartisan leaders of the House Oversight Committee have ended a contentious, nearly five-hour hearing with the Secret Service director by calling for her to resign after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
In a rare moment of unity for an often divided committee, Reps. James Comer and Jamie Raskin issued a letter to Director Kimberly Cheatle, asking for her to step down as director given her own description of the “most significant operation failure” in the agency’s history.
Cheatle, a 29-year veteran of the Secret Service, spent the majority of the hearing fielding attacks from both sides of the aisle and deflecting questions about the details of the ongoing criminal investigation into the July 13 shooting. But she remained defiant, saying that she believes she is the “right person” to lead the agency at this time and that she will move “heaven and earth” to get to the bottom of what went wrong.
https://apnews.com/live/biden-trump-election-campaign-updates#00000190-dbc6-d267-ab98-dbe673820000
Gee.
What a coincidence.
Bad luck, of course. /s
Could have prevented him from going onto the stage when the vulnerability and presence of a suspicious person became known, too.
No white or non-homosexual men need apply.
You say, “I don’t see the GOP pushing back on it.” Check today’s hearing.
We won’t know if he took a shot until the FBI gets done with its investigation next year. One week has passed and the Feds won’t even tell us how man expelled bullet casings were found on the roof.
Would you believe them anyway and was this guy transitioning and taking hormones?
Mace is a hero. It was great to see someone give it to that wretched woman.
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